1 An indicated discovery drilled by Hess Oil Co. in Ness County, Kan., is pumping oil through perforations at 4,321-22 ft. in Pennsylvania Cherokee Sand, reports IHS Energy Group. The McPherson, Kan., firm's #1 Wanda, Section 6-16s-22w, yielded 180 ft. of gassy oil, mud and water (40% oil, 30% gas, 20% water and 10% mud) and about 620 ft. of gas, mud, oil and water on a drillstem test run in Cherokee at 4,242-4,337 ft. Hess' #1 Janet, a confirmation attempt a third of a mile north-northeast in Section 5, is said to be producing oil. The prospect has pipe set at 4,368 ft. In another area of Ness County, Grand Mesa Operating Co., Wichita, has completed the #1-9 Wells, an extension in Section 9-18s-24w, pumping 93 bbl. of oil and one bbl. of water per day from Cherokee at 4,288-89 ft. The stepout is about 0.5-mile south-southeast of Tombstone Gap South Field and about the same distance north of LTP North Field. 2 Palmer Petroleum Inc., Shreveport, is nearing 5,200 ft. at a 7,600-ft. wildcat it's drilling to Cambrian in Kansas' Comanche County. Palmer's project is the #1 Herd in Section 33-32s-20w. It's scheduled to test Ordovician Viola and Cambrian Reagan Sand. 3 A new-field opener completed by Fort Smith, Ark., independent Thomas C. Mueller of Crawford County Inc. in Crawford County, Ark., tapped Pennsylvanian Dunn "A" for a flow of 440,000 cu. ft. of gas per day. Testing was carried out on a 16/64-in. choke through perforations at 2,482-2,526 ft. at the #1-30 Griffin in Section 30-1n-30w. IHS Energy Group notes the discovery is on the northern outskirts of the town of Alma. 4 Midwestern Exploration Co., Edmond, Okla., recorded a flow of 145 bbl. of oil, 558,000 cu. ft. of gas and three bbl. of water per day from Mississippian Chester at the #2-14 Shelton, a new-field discovery in Section 14-6n-19ecm, Texas County, Okla. The company used a 1-in. choke to test through perforations at 6,714-48 ft. Meanwhile, elsewhere in Texas County, Houston-based EOG Resources Inc. has completed three exploratory wells-two that opened Pennsylvanian Marmaton pools and one that extended a Pennsylvanian Morrow pool 0.75-mile northeast. The #31-1 Flores, Section 31-3n-12ecm, yielded 7.52 million cu. ft. of gas, 53 bbl. of condensate and two bbl. of water per day on a 1-in. choke from Marmaton at 4,940-53 ft. Subsequently, the workover of the 25#2 Huddleston, a Pennsylvanian Morrow producer 1.5 miles north-northwest in Section 25-3n-11ecm, resulted in a Marmaton discovery that flowed 8.85 million cu. ft. of gas, six bbl. of condensate and three bbl. of water per day. EOG perforated at 4,914-24 ft. and tested on a 48/64-in. choke. The well previously produced from 6,029-42 ft. The company's extension is the 24 #1 George, Section 24-2n-13ecm, that flowed 3.48 million cu. ft. of gas and eight bbl. of water daily on a 1-in. choke from two intervals in Upper Morrow (Purdy "B") at 6,355-62 ft. and 6,372-89 ft. 5 Tulsa independent Zinke & Trumbo Inc. was successful at two exploratory wells drilled on the northwestern outskirts of Duncan in Stephens County, Okla., reports IHS Energy Group. The company established a new field with the completion of the #1-14 Barking Zebra flowing 1.98 million cu. ft. of gas and 21 bbl. of water per day. The discovery, in Section 14-1n-8w, was tested on a 14/64-in. choke from Pennsylvanian Middle Hoxbar at, 8,410-50 ft. and eight intervals (82 net perforated ft.) in Deese between 8,678-9,514 ft. The well lies 0.75-mile south of Marlow West Field, but apparently is separated from the field by a dry hole. The operator's second well-the #2-11 Krebs, Section 11-1n-8w-extended the field 0.25-mile southward and is the closest producer to the discovery. It flowed 1.17 million cu. ft. of gas daily on a 13/64-in. choke from five intervals (74 net perforated ft.) in Deese between 8,662-9,910 ft. 6 An exploratory test completed by The GHK Co. LLC, Denver-the #1-29 Hightop in Latimer County, Okla.-had an initial flow rate of 4.7 million cu. ft. of gas per day on a 32/64-in. choke. The well, a stepout in Section 29-4n-20e about midway in the two-mile gap between Eight Mile Mountain Field to the north and Buffalo Mountain Field to the south, is producing from Lower Mississippian Jackfork Sand at 6,870-80 ft. 7 The north flank of Oklahoma's Mayfield Northeast Field is the site of a Pennsylvanian Atoka gas producer completed by Sanguine Ltd. flowing at a combined rate of 21.7 million cu. ft. per day from two zones. The Tulsa firm's #1-20 Lavonne is in Section 20-11n-25w, Beckham County, according to IHS Energy Group. A 22/64-in. choke was used to test 14.5 million cu. ft. of gas and 24 bbl. of water per day from Atoka Wash at 14,985-15,028 ft., while Atoka Wash Carbonate at 15,240-60 ft. yielded 7.2 million cu. ft. per day on a 16/64-in. choke. 8 The #3178 Patten Unit, a deeper-pool discovery drilled by Jones Energy Ltd., Austin, in the Texas Panhandle's Hansford County, has been finaled pumping 154 bbl. of oil, with 35,000 cu. ft. of gas, per day. Located in Section 178, Block 45, H&TC Survey, A-821, it's producing from 7,754-66 ft. in an unreported formation. The well is in an area of shallower gas producers in Kennith Field, where Jones has an ongoing horizontal Permian gas-drilling program. 9 The Texas Panhandle has a new Pennsylvanian Granite Wash pool, the result of work carried out by Tulsa-based Helmerich & Payne Inc. at the #2016 Huff in Section 16, Block M-1, H&GN Survey, A-1015, Hemphill County. The shallower pool opener, on the southeastern flank of Buffalo Wallow Field, gave up a flow of 1.78 million cu. ft. of gas and 168 bbl. of condensate daily on a 13/64-in. choke from 11,128-11,734 ft. 10 Corda Corp., Wichita Falls, tapped Mississippian Chappel Lime for a flow of 127 bbl. of oil and 37,000 cu. ft. of gas per day on a 6/64-in. choke at the #1 Southern Cotton, Section 142, Block H, W&NW Survey, A-746, Hardeman County, Texas. IHS Energy Group reports the deeper-pool opener is in Cross Roads Field, within the eastern city limits of Quanah. It's producing from an openhole interval at 8,541-62 ft. 11 The confirmation of the discovery of Saint Jo Ridge Field in Montague County, Texas, has been tested by W.B. Osborn Oil & Gas Operations, San Antonio, pumping 210 bbl. of oil and 228 bbl. of water per day. The #1 Old Brass & Needle, BBB&C Survey, A-91, is producing from Mississippian Barnett Shale, perforated between 7,898-8,347 ft. About a year ago, Osborn tested the #2 Fields #2 Barnettshale Unit Barnett Shale discovery on pump for 280 bbl. of oil and 45 bbl. of water, with 50,000 cu. ft. of gas, per day from 7,910-8,288 ft. The confirmation is nearly 0.75-mile southwest of the discovery. 12 In Texas' Runnels County, Sedona Oil & Gas Corp., Dallas, tested the #1 Leon Speer flowing 282 bbl. of oil, with a trace of gas, per day on a 16/64-in. choke from Pennsylvanian Goen Lime. The exploratory well is producing through perforations at 4,487.5-88.5 ft. It's in John E. Garvin #402 Survey, A-196, within half a mile west of Poe Field. 13 Lone Tree Draw Field in New Mexico's Eddy County was established with the completion of the Occidental Permian Ltd. #2Y Baumgartner Federal Com flowing 411,000 cu. ft. of gas, 47 bbl. of condensate and one bbl. of water per day. The discovery, in Section 26-21s-27e on the outskirts of Carlsbad, was gauged on a 1-in. choke from Permian Wolfcamp, perforated at 9,730-97 ft., says IHS Energy Group. 14 Lea County, N.M., has a new discovery-the #1 Thumbs Up "AZT" State Com-completed by Yates Petroleum Corp., Artesia, N.M., flowing 179,000 cu. ft. of gas per day on a 16/64-in. choke from Atoka at 11,625-37 ft. Located in Section 36-9s-34e, the well, originally drilled in 1963, was deepened from 9,990 ft. to 12,866 ft. in Devonian by Yates. 15 Prairie Sun Inc. and CKG Energy, Austin, are drilling below 3,600 ft. at the #1 Anna Katheryn, a remote wildcat in Quay County, N.M. According to IHS Energy Group, the venture is scheduled to be drilled to 8,000 ft. in Precambrian. It's in Section 19-10n-27e, nearly three miles south-southwest of an isolated Pennsylvanian discovery completed in 1983 flowing 48 bbl. of oil and 1.1 million cu. ft. of gas per day from 6,610-15 ft. The discovery bottomed at 7,235 ft. in Precambrian and topped at 7,174 ft. It has never been placed online.